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ravin down

ravin down verb: to gobble ravenously, devour voraciously.

Verb

ravin down (third-person singular simple present ravins down, present participle ravining down, simple past and past participle ravined down)

  1. (archaic) To gobble ravenously, devour voraciously
    • Our natures do pursue, / Like rats that ravin down their proper bane,c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Forms of ravin down

third-person singular presentravins down
present participleravining down
past participleravined down
pastravined down

Questions about ravin down

What does ravin down mean?
Ravin down means to gobble ravenously, devour voraciously.
What part of speech is ravin down?
Ravin down is a verb.
What is the past tense of ravin down?
The past tense of ravin down is ravined down.

Words near ravin down in the dictionary

  1. raviers
  2. ravigote
  3. ravigotes
  4. Ravilious
  5. ravin
  6. ravin down
  7. ravin'
  8. Ravinder
  9. Ravindra
  10. Ravindran
  11. Ravindranath

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